From Jenna Orkin

Cities Across Europe Are Making Space for Nature

Texas family files $100 million lawsuit against power companies after death of 11-year-old son

Brunt Ice Shelf: Big iceberg calves near UK Antarctic base

A Major Ocean Current Could Be on The Verge of a Devastating 'Tipping Point'

Biden is hiking the cost of carbon. It will change how the U.S. tackles global warming.

SEC Suspends Trading in Multiple Issuers Based on Social Media and Trading Activity

China Emits More Carbon In 16 Days Than Australia Does In One Year

EU Told to Back Vaccine Passports or Google May Do It Anyway

How the fight over 'hero pay' for grocery workers reveals chain stores' massive corporate greed

How Deutsche Bank is using contact tracing to bring its 90,000 employees safely back to work

New York City just granted protections to fast food workers. It may be a model for protecting essential workers across the country.

 

From Jenna Orkin

NASA Naming Headquarters After Hidden Figures Engineer Mary Jackson

Against the odds, South Australia is a renewable energy powerhouse. How on Earth did they do it?

How a Guy From a Montana Trailer Park Overturned 150 Years of Biology

US finds Saudi crown prince approved Khashoggi murder but does not sanction him

Who will clean up the 'billion-dollar mess' of abandoned US oilwells?

Post-COVID lungs worse than the worst smokers' lungs, surgeon says

Applause for Perseverance Ignores Plutonium Bullet We Dodged

Federal judge rules eviction moratorium is unconstitutional

U.S. Launches Military Airstrikes Ainst Iranian-Backed Militants In Syria

Israeli researchers say spirulina algae could reduce COVID mortality rate

 

From Jenna Orkin

Explosion strikes Israeli-owned ship in Mideast amid tension

Exclusive: US counterterrorism operations touched 85 countries in the last 3 years alone

Atlantic Ocean circulation at weakest in a millennium, say scientists

Mount Etna volcano eruptions on the rise

Al Jazeera to launch rightwing media platform targeting US conservatives

Mexico's Decision to Ban Glyphosate Has Rocked the Agribusiness World

'Top Secret' Saudi documents show Khashoggi assassins used company seized by Saudi crown prince

Beyond Meat just signed a multi-year deal with McDonald's on the McPlant Burger, and said it would also create plant-based menus for Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut

Manhattan's DA subpoenaed Steve Bannon's fundraising records as part of a fraud investigation into his border-wall campaign, report says

Georgia counties are suing Trump for legal fees following his failed voter fraud lawsuits

 

From Jenna Orkin

Lawyers have found the parents of 105 separated migrant children in past month

New Evidence Shows Fertile Soil Gone From Midwestern Farms

Ancient tree tells chaotic tale of Earth’s magnetic field reversal

The U.S. Air Force Just Admitted The F-35 Stealth Fighter Has Failed

In an unprecedented step, Minnesota returns 114 acres to Lower Sioux Indian Community

Empty Homes Outnumber The Homeless 6 To 1, So Why Not Give Them Homes?

5 board members of Texas utility grid operator ERCOT are quitting. They all live out of state.

Amnesty Move To Strip Navalny Of 'Prisoner Of Conscience' Status Sparks Outcry

3 service members' families, 13 wounded sue Saudi Arabia over NAS Pensacola shootingHSBC plans to nearly halve office space over long term

Germany is pushing hard for people to take the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as many turn it down in hope of a Pfizer shot

Them's some mighty heavy viruses, it seems  You can spread COVID-19 by talking in hair salons or during a massage — even while wearing a mask, research suggests

Talking expels viral particles that gravity could carry from person to person. Employees standing or leaning over clients might infect them.

The FBI has arrested a Capitol riot suspect who boasted on TV that she 'would do it again tomorrow'

 

From Jenna Orkin

NYC plans for at-home shots of Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine

This 105-Year-Old Beat Covid. She Credits Gin-Soaked Raisins.

Clarence Thomas GOP Election Challenge Dissent Sparks Calls to Investigate His Wife

Trump rioters could face long jail terms because of his executive order to punish BLM

Baltimore police report a 400% increase in untraceable 'ghost ...

Khamenei says Iran may enrich uranium to 60% purity if needed

1. Stop putting ideology on our children’s plates,’ French minister says after major city removes meat from school lunches

   Bill Gates says he's not bullish on bitcoin as it uses 'a lot of energy' — and warns people who aren't as rich as Elon Musk against buying into the boom

   Facebook caves, reverses its Australia news ban

2. Bank of America says oil demand is headed for a historic surge, and names 9 stocks to buy now to benefit

 

From Jenna Orkin

Sanofi, GlaxoSmithKline start new COVID-19 vaccine study after failed trial

South African COVID-19 variant found on Long Island

Supreme Court Paves Way For N.Y. Grand Jury To Get Trump Financial Records

'The Muppet Show' is now deemed 'offensive content' by Disney

Japan Finds New COVID-19 Strain, While Immigration Centre Reports Infections

United Airlines announces investigation into leak of Cruz's Cancun flight information

Bolsonaro appoints Army reserve general to head Petrobras

Donald Trump Jr. uses a wall of guns as backdrop to launch video attack against teaching unions

A company in Uganda is turning the waste from bananas into rugs, place mats, and baskets

Mark Zuckerberg personally intervened to soften Alex Jones' Facebook ban, a report claims

 

From Jenna Orkin

New plant-based plastics can be chemically recycled with near-perfect efficiency

Ghislaine Maxwell admitted Jeffrey Epstein had secret tapes of Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, reporter claims

Russia's far east aims for unexpected climate target: net zero by 2025

How European businesses are adapting to Brexit

Texas mayor resigns after telling residents desperate for power and heat "only the strong will survive"

A Quite Possibly Wonderful Summer

Families will gather. Restaurants will reopen. People will travel. The pandemic may feel like it’s behind us—even if it’s not.

92 PERCENT OF NYC RESTAURANTS COULD NOT AFFORD DECEMBER RENT

Russia tells WHO it has detected first case of avian flu strain in humans

Erik Prince, Trump Ally, Violated Libya Arms Embargo, UN Report Says

Tensions rise between Somalia and UAE over delayed elections

Transgender Oath Keeper petitions for release from jail following charges relating to the Capitol siege, reportedly citing safety fears

Jessica Watkins has alleged that she has been "treated harshly" and is at "particular risk in custody" because she is transgender, BuzzFeed News reported.

Google has pulled down a propaganda blog backing the military coup in Myanmar after outcry by online activists

 

From Jenna Orkin

New stars on the American flag? Fresh hope as Puerto Rico and DC push for statehood

COVID-19 vaccines cause mostly mild side effects, CDC finds

Lake level to reach unheard-of lows as Ameren fights against high energy use

Scientists Found a Way to Communicate With People Who Are Asleep And Dreaming

New Evidence Regarding Malcolm X’s Assassination Names NYPD, FBI As Co-Conspirators

Copper supply faces struggle to keep up with growing demand

Taiwan appoints US-trained defence minister, China sends 8 jets into Taipei: Report

Water leaks indicate new damage at Fukushima nuclear plant

Plague in the DRC

How billions in pandemic aid was swindled by con artists and crime syndicates

Damages tied to the 'life-threatening crisis' caused by the winter storm in Texas could approach $50 billion

 

From Jenna Orkin

No, The Blackouts In Texas Weren't Caused By Renewables. Here's What Really Happened

Unprotected African health workers die as rich countries buy up COVID-19 vaccines

Singer fined by German court for son’s stage performance

To Keep the Lights on during Blackouts, Austin Explores Microgrids

Why Did Wind Turbines Freeze in Texas When They Work in the Arctic?

1. HOUSTON, TX (KTRK) — For over six hours, a long line of people in search of shelter stood huddled together waiting for the doors of the George R. Brown convention center to open. Many said because of COVID-19 there was no room in other shelters 

   TEXAS FROZEN CHAOS BECOMES GLOBAL OIL MARKET NIGHTMARE WITH 40% OF US CRUDE PRODUCTION OFFLINE
   

   Almost all new jobs will be high-paying after Covid and most low-wage workers will have to change careers, McKinsey report says

   Heidi Cruz texts unravel Ted Cruz's explanation for Cancun trip
2. Bannon said Trump had dementia and plotted to oust him as president: Book

 

From Jenna Orkin

Explainer: Texas's one-of-a-kind power system raises questions during price spike

Texas Mayor: "Only the Strong Will Survive"

Understanding Oxygen Regulation: A Profound Pathway

Texas water shortage adds to power crisis as new winter storm moves in

Portland police officers ‘guarding’ Fred Meyer dumpsters as residents seek discarded food

Texas leaders failed to heed warnings that left the state's power grid vulnerable to winter extremes, experts say

Falling Texas crude output becomes a global oil market crisis

Governor, Democratic lawmakers brawl after proposal to strip emergency powers

Million-year-old mammoth teeth yield world's oldest DNA

The government agency that helped develop the COVID vaccine in record time can't get shots for its own workers, emails show

Australia's PM slams Facebook's 'arrogant' move to 'unfriend' the nation, after government pages were inadvertently silenced as part of a purge of news content

 

From Jenna Orkin

US, OAS, Colombia try to steal Ecuador’s election from popular socialist candidate, while spreading fake news

$1m a minute: the farming subsidies destroying the world - report

Academics called breastfeeding 'ethically problematic' because it endorses 'gender roles.' Their view is gaining traction.

William Shakespeare ditched by woke teachers over ‘misogyny, racism’

National Guard troops could remain in DC until Fall 2021

The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 ElectionDeep freeze sends Texas electricity prices soaring 10,000%

Electoral Commission REJECTS controversial bid to make Black Lives Matter a political party because it is 'likely to mislead voters' as it is not associated with main protest groups

White House says Ebola outbreaks in Africa need swift action to avoid ‘catastrophic consequences’

Veep Kamala Harris takes foreign calls on behalf of Biden

Another US Navy destroyer challenged China in the South China Sea by sailing past contested islands without asking permission

York heats up as AG Letitia James sues the company over COVID-19 safety measures

 

From Jenna Orkin

S--t Public Defenders See: The Great Covid-19 Jury Charade

Electricity retailer Griddy’s unusual plea to Texas customers: Leave now before you get a big bill

Jews fear what follows after Republicans applauded Marjorie Taylor Greene

Texas’ power grid crumples under the cold

Texas Power Outages: Winter Storm Shocks Texas, Northern Mexico

Fauci: Stimulus bill needs to be passed for schools to reopen

Are university free speech laws necessary - or a ‘war on the woke’?

China weighs limiting rare-earth exports: report

H-1B visa regulations are changing. An expert and top Silicon Valley immigration lawyer share 4 alternatives to the lottery system.

'Big Short' investor Michael Burry says the Tesla boom is 'remarkably similar' to the dot-com and housing bubbles

From Jenna Orkin

Copper’s Virus-Killing Powers Were Known Even to the Ancients

UK study finds new variant may be up to 70% more deadly

South African COVID-19 variant detected in NYC hospital patient

TASS - Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will be built despite US attempts to delay construction - Novak

The far-right Proud Boys group is splintering after its leader was outed as a former FBI informant

Cuba is working on a homegrown COVID-19 vaccine program. It has a history of fighting disease without help from the West

US oil and natural gas prices rise as freezing temperatures leave millions without power in Texas

1. Bill Gates lays out 4 things Biden should do to tackle the climate crisis, including creating an NIH for clean energy

   Experts feared India's farming protests would be COVID superspreader events. Poverty, misinformation and a younger population may explain why cases plummeted instead.

   
   
   Study estimates B.1.1.7 variant far more lethal than original strain